Winner of Shankovich Wind Competition Announced
Joseph Beaver (Trumpet 2012 to 2015) is a senior music education major in the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University and this year's winner of the Robert and Carolyn Shankovich Wind Competition . Beaver performed the first movement of the Haydn Trumpet...
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In the news with…
Isabella playing for Music in the Moment Isabella Cardenes is in her second season playing harp with PYSO. She recently played Handel’s Concerto for Harp with the Westmoreland Symphony (with former PYSO Music Director Daniel Meyer conducting!). Last summer she...
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Shout out to Charlie Loh!
who is concertmaster for Area All-State Orchestra in New York! Charlie was part of PYSO's Violin II section from 2014 to 2015.
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Congratulations goes to…
PYSO Percussionist Sophie Lauver is the winner of this year's PYSO Concerto Competition! PYSO held its competition at Kresge Auditorium in Carnegie Mellon's School of Music this past Saturday, January 12. PYSO Music Director Earl Lee and CMU School of Music Faculty...
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Just a few Alumni we’ve recently heard from…
Hanna Kim (Percussion 2009-12 and pictured above) received her Masters in Music Performance from Temple University in May, 2018 and is currently pursuing her artist diploma at Curtis. She did her undergraduate study at Juilliard. Kerry Kavalo (Viola...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR from Hannah, Nick, Amanda and Devin!
PYSO alums Hannah Ishizaki (violin 2013-18), Nick Brown (violin 2009-12), Devin Moore (viola 2013-17) and Amanda Vosburgh (cello 2010-15) send their greetings for the New Year! The video is a little dark but the music rings loud and clear!
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News from a few more Alumni….
Barbara Khristi (nee Stolp, Violin 1967-73) pictured above playing with her granddaughter who “played for the Los Angeles Opera when she was 12!” shared just a few of her favorite PYSO memories…”I was surrounded by so much talent and was given so many opportunities. I...
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Look who dropped in!
Recent PYSO Alums who are pictured above, Maggie Caballero (Violin 2014-17), Anna Gorske (Violin 2015-18) and Lena Ison (2016-17) joined us last Sunday, December 16 at PPG Gardens for Holiday Strings featuring members of TRYPO and PYSO performing holiday classics with...
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PYSO Alumni Still Going Strong!
Joseph Molinaro (Violin 1998-2001, pictured above) is the definition of troubadour. In Spring and Summer he plays 40 to 50 concerts of his unique solo violin songs around the world, traveling by motorcycle from city to city. During the school year he teaches music and...
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PYSO Alumni – Thanks for the memories!
Michael Scheimer (Horn 2005-08 and pictured above with and A-Young Lim Scheimer performing Verdi's Requiem Mass in Viterbo, Italy) is a manager at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott and has been Second Horn with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra since 2013…“We got to play...
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